STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Respondent,
v.
NICK R., a child, Defendant-Petitioner.
Supreme Court of New Mexico.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 28, 2009.
September 28, 2009.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Hugh W. Dangler, Chief Public Defender, Nancy M. Hewitt, Appellate Defender, J.K. Theodosia Johnson, Assistant Public Defender, Santa Fe, NM, for Petitioner.
Gary King, Attorney General, Andrew S. Montgomery, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Respondent.
Supreme Court of New Mexico.
OPINION
DANIELS, Justice.
{1} Petitioner Nick R., a sixteen-year-old student at Taos High School, was charged in Children's Court with possessing a deadly weapon on school premises, in violation of NMSA 1978, Section 30-7-2.1 (1994). The issue before us is whether the Legislature intended to make an ordinary pocketknife a per se deadly weapon in the Criminal Code's statutory definitions, without regard to either its actual use or a person's...
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